The MCG has responded to concern over food prices at the footy by significantly reducing costs for the start of the AFL season, even if questions have been raised about health benefits of salads costing twice as much as a pie.

It was a brutal weekend for two AFL clubs with West in their title as the Western Bulldogs confirmed star midfielder Tom Liberatore would miss the 2015 season with a ruptured ACL less than 24 hours after Eagles key defender Eric Mackenzie suffered the same injury.

AFL heavyweights Mick Malthouse and Nathan Buckley have urged the AFL to ensure Essendon plays in the upcoming NAB Challenge competition, with Malthouse saying the Bombers are trying to ‘hijack the game’.

The haters have come out in force on Twitter as Essendin’s James Hird copped a caning on Friday afternoon after the Federal Court dismissed his bid to have the joint AFL/ASADA investigation into the Bombers 2012 supplement program deemed unlawful.